North, Central and South. Overall there were 10 Oberligen in Germany at the time. At the end of the season, the Oberliga champions had a play-off for promotion to the 2.

The bottom two teams of each division were relegated to the Landesligen. With the introduction of the Regionalliga the NOFV-Oberliga became the 4th level of the pyramid starting with the —95 season.

The number of divisions was reduced by one so that only North and South remained. Today it is the highest amateur division.

The champions of both divisions were promoted directly to Regionalliga until Regionalliga was reduced from 4 to 2 divisions from the — season.

Due to that change, there was no promotion from Oberliga in the —99, but more teams were relegated to Oberliga than usual. Starting with the — season promotion was decided by a two-leg playoff between the division champions.

This rule was scrapped for the —06 season, so that both division champions will be promoted to Regionalliga at the end of this season. The bottom three teams of each division are relegated to the 5th level of the pyramid, but this number can increase depending on which teams are relegated from Regionalliga.

At the end of the —08 season, the NOFV-Oberligen were demoted one tier due to the inception of the new 3. The best three teams from each of the two leagues were promoted to the Regionalliga this season, the two fourth-placed teams played off for one more promotion spot: Additionally to the six Verbandsliga champions, three runners-up from this leagues were also promoted to the Oberliga.

To determine the three teams, three promotion play-off match-ups were drawn:. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Nicht verloren, dennoch nicht aufgestiegen in German accessed: Liga in it was the fourth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in the third tier.

The league was formed from clubs from six different leagues: The league accommodated therefore a wide mix of clubs from the east and west of Germany.

Unlike the two other NOFV-Oberligas, it contained no clubs from Berlin , due to geographical reasons, and therefore was the only one of the three to have no West German clubs in it.

The league became one of the then ten Oberligen in the united Germany, the third tier of league football. Its champion was however not directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga but had to take part in a promotion play-off.

In the league champion was successful in this competition, in and they failed. In , the German football league system saw some major changes. The four Regionalligen were introduced as an intermediate level between 2nd Bundesliga and Oberligen, relegating the Oberligen to the fourth tier.

From to , the champions of the league were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost. With the reduction of the number of Regionalligen to two, the league came under the Regionalliga Nord.

Six clubs were relegated that season from the now disbanded Regionalliga Nordost to the Oberliga. The regulations about promotion kept on changing and until , the league champion had to play-off with the champion of the northern league for one promotion spot.

Only in did the southern champion failed to win the play-off. From the season onwards, direct promotion was awarded again. The league changes in , with the introduction of the 3.

Liga, meant the Oberligen were now the fifth tier of league football in Germany. The top three teams of the league in —08 gained entry to the Regionalliga, the fourth placed team had to play-off against the fourth placed team from the north for one more spot, [1] these teams being:.

Otherwise, the setup of the league did not change and its champion was directly promoted from the season onwards. Another league reform, decided upon in , will saw the reestablishment of the Regionalliga Nordost from onwards, with the two NOFV-Oberligas feeding into this league again.

The complete list of clubs in the league and their final placings: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brandenburg Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia.

From the Oberliga Nordost: Suhler SV Wacker Nordhausen. Retrieved 6 March German level-V football leagues. German football league system Promotion to the 2.

The bottom two teams of each division were relegated to the Landesligen. With the introduction of the Regionalliga the NOFV-Oberliga became the 4th level of the pyramid starting with the —95 season.

The number of divisions was reduced by one so that only North and South remained. Today it is the highest amateur division. The champions of both divisions were promoted directly to Regionalliga until Regionalliga was reduced from 4 to 2 divisions from the — season.

Due to that change, there was no promotion from Oberliga in the —99, but more teams were relegated to Oberliga than usual. Starting with the — season promotion was decided by a two-leg playoff between the division champions.

This rule was scrapped for the —06 season, so that both division champions will be promoted to Regionalliga at the end of this season. The bottom three teams of each division are relegated to the 5th level of the pyramid, but this number can increase depending on which teams are relegated from Regionalliga.

At the end of the —08 season, the NOFV-Oberligen were demoted one tier due to the inception of the new 3.

The best three teams from each of the two leagues were promoted to the Regionalliga this season, the two fourth-placed teams played off for one more promotion spot: Additionally to the six Verbandsliga champions, three runners-up from this leagues were also promoted to the Oberliga.